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[-] madlian@lemmy.cafe 13 points 1 month ago

Graffiti on glass shattered glass being smashed through with rocks read: “get out of Mexico.” Protesters held signs reading “gringos, stop stealing our home”

There is some humor in them complaining about white people being there while the US complains about them being here.

People everywhere are racist as fuck. 😅

[-] eldavi@lemmy.ml 20 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

The difference is that the the Latinos in the United States are therr because they have to be to survive; meanwhile the Americans in Mexico are there to take advantage of the fucked up situation that their American empire created in Mexico.

One is a necessity and the other is good ole American racism.

[-] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 4 weeks ago

the other is good ole American racism

Good ole American colonialism.

[-] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

There's a difference though, Mexico has had a huge influx of US remote workers who basically hang out as tourists and literally are gentrifying Mexico City and raising the cost of living because locals can't compete with the wages the US citizens get in US dollars, which are (currently) more valuable than the Mexican Peso. This absolutely raises the cost of living as the city begins to cater more and more to US remote workers and less and less to the actual citizens of Mexico City.

Here's an article on it from as far back as 2023: https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/mexico-city-gentification-americans-rent-prices/3231544/

[-] MelonYellow@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 month ago

But Mexico City is most likely my cheap and easy go-to escape plan for if/when shit hits the fan in the U.S. I wonder if others had the same thought.

[-] GreyEyedGhost@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 weeks ago

What exactly is the threshold you're waiting for on this escape plan?

[-] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 4 weeks ago

Stay in the US and clean up your own fucking messes instead of expecting the countries the US has exploited the living shit out of to achieve your high quality of life in the US to take care of your bitch ass. The fucking entitlement. Mexico doesn't owe you a fucking escape hatch.

[-] nickwitha_k@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 4 weeks ago

Everyone has one life to live. Most people younger than 60 have had next to no control over the US government through any phase of their lives - hard to rationalize this being "their own" mess. Telling these people that they must risk their lives, rather than seeking better ones is pretty ethically problematic.

And on the other side of the coin, that is the exact same rhetoric used by racists and xenophobes to argue against asylum seekers.

(Note: This really doesn't apply to the tax-dodging shitheads who are avoiding paying for the societal benefits that they enjoy.)

[-] WizardofFrobozz@lemmy.ca -3 points 4 weeks ago

Running away rather than fighting = absolute cowardice

[-] madlian@lemmy.cafe -5 points 1 month ago

They’re in Mexico because they can’t afford to live in the states. My rental equivalent in Mexico is like 50-70% lower. I’m being paid the same as I was in 2013. My rent has almost tripled.

They can cry all they want—I need to live too. And as we all know the people who own those places don’t care but the citizens have to think. They will smash some windows and gentrification will roll in anyway. This is because no one is willing to scream upwards

[-] HK65@sopuli.xyz 8 points 1 month ago

You realise Mexicans screaming upwards will result in you getting deported back to the US, right?

[-] madlian@lemmy.cafe 0 points 4 weeks ago

Who is “you” in that sentence? Them? I don’t think Mexicans get deported to the US.

[-] HK65@sopuli.xyz 2 points 4 weeks ago

No, but USAmericans living in Mexico can be deported back to the US, especially if the local voting population "cry all they want" about it.

[-] madlian@lemmy.cafe 1 points 4 weeks ago

So, do you think that the rich people who own everything in Mexico are going to allow the non-Mexican people who are paying more than they should but less than they were before to be deported? I would be very surprised if the rich Mexicans are willing to give up that cash. Break as many windows as you want

[-] HK65@sopuli.xyz 1 points 4 weeks ago

I would guess it's not windows but gringos those people will start breaking. And even the Mexican rich don't want an unstable society, so they might just let them.

[-] madlian@lemmy.cafe 1 points 4 weeks ago

Do you think it would be OK for a Mexican citizen to physically injure a person who has chosen to work remotely from Mexico City in an attempt to be able to afford a good life? Do you feel that is appropriate? Do you think that I should be able to Physically injure immigrants that I don’t agree with? Is it just limited to Mexicans against white people?

Money always wins. Money wins 100% of the time. Money never ever ever ever loses. I wish the world was different. I wish the world was how I thought the world might have been when I was a kid. But it’s not. People from north of Mexico Are going to be moving to Mexico. People from Mexico are going to be pushed out to this suburbs or the rural areas. This is life.

Personally, Mexico is too hot for me. I will probably end up dying in a trailer in Alaska or Northern Canada. Hopefully no one will find me for years and it will be super creepy.

[-] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 1 month ago

Americans, always the entirled pricks of the world.

[-] madlian@lemmy.cafe 2 points 4 weeks ago

Being priced out of the life you had before and finding another cheaper place to live is an experience only found in the USA. /s

Complaining about life being unfair is something only people from the USA do. /s

Getting pissed off about gentrification is something only found in Mexico /s

Btw, Mexico is in America

[-] HK65@sopuli.xyz 2 points 4 weeks ago

Being priced out of the life you had before and finding another cheaper place to live is an experience only found in the USA.

Yes, most people don't have the option to "just move to another cheaper country", they just become homeless. OP could at least be gracious about it instead of being dismissive.

Complaining about life being unfair is something only people from the USA do.

Not really, but the "they can cry all they want" attitude while OP got priced out of their own country is entitled as fuck.

[-] catty@lemmy.world -5 points 1 month ago

Graffiti on glass shattered glass being smashed through with rocks read: “get out of Mexico.” Protesters held signs reading “gringos, stop stealing our home”

They should have thrown it back with the poor grammar corrected, and stating they can help the Mexican's learn English.

[-] SheeEttin@lemmy.zip 2 points 4 weeks ago

*Mexicans. Apostrophe-S is for possessives.

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